St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-20
TWO BIG IMPROVEMENTS.

Tor the cneSS players ana great crOWuS
go merely for curiosity.
TWO BIG IMPROVEMENTS.
The Duluth Shops and Agricult-
uraI Works Nearly Completed
at Gladstone.
-Four months ago there was not sign
of improvement at Gladstone, but in
that time, by magic process, backed
by several enterprising capitalists and
investors, chief among whom is William
Dawson, of the Bank of Minnesota,
nearly 100000 have been expended OH
permanent improvements. and Glad
stone bids fair to become one of the
most important suburbs of the city.
Gladstone lies on the east bank of
Lake Phalen, and has gentle undulat-
ing surface, rising gradually from the
lake shore and overlooking a bit of
woodland scenery that cannot be
matched in any of the numerous
is within the city limits. and its resi-
dents are entitled to all the benefits de-
rived therefrOm. Its streets are laid
out and connect with the streets of the
city, Brainerd street. leading i'll from
the south. and Harris street, leading in
from the west by the north share of the
lake. The great boulevard system of
the city, mapped out by Mr.. Van Slyke,
winds through this suburb, and the
park commission is at present consider
ing proposition to condemn a forty
acre park Oh the shores of the lake near
by. Two gigantic seats of industry
have located here in the last year-the
shops of the St. Paul IL Duluth road,
and the manufactures of the st. Paul
Agricultural works, making a nucleus
around which will eventually form a
great manufacturing and Industrial
center. These two companies have
erected buildings covering acres of
ground. the combined cost of which
reaches neatly 100000. and when in
full operation next spring the two con-
Germs will employ
OVER SEVEN HUNDRED MEN.
Negotiations are now in progress by
which it is expected to secure the lOca-
ton of a carriage mandatory and
nail factory, guaranteeing employment
to at least 800 more skilled mechanics.
The Duluth shops, built of ChaSka
brick, have been rushed to completion
by 400 masons and carpenters, and are
already under roof. The main build
ing which is i'll the form of square. with
one side open. stands TO the southwest
of the depot, about two blocks distant.
1t is 39l feet and 6 inches in length, and
PSF feet wide. In one wing is the car
shops. 202XS9 feet. adjoining on the
south side the wood machinery shop,
155X64; the car machinery, boiler and
engine rooms, tin shop and tool rooms,
occupy the remainder of the south wing.
and the west wing is devoted to the ma
chine shop and boiler shop. Besides
the main building, there is round
house, of fifty stalls for locomotives,
with diameter of 3l2 feet: StUrerOOm
and Office building, l54X51 feet; paint
shop, 134X5i feet: oil storage house,
PKG; coal houses 214X16: blacksmith
shop, S9X64. and iron room, S4X30. The
total cost of all these buildings
is $685., 200. and when the works are
opened next spring 800 men will be en-
ployed. The buildings of the Agricul-
tural works are of solid brick walls. two
and half stories high, also of Chaska
brick. They stand along the east side
of the Duluth tracks, one block north
of the depot. There are three separate
buildings, Joined by fourth building
which connects
TIE ENTIRE WORKS.
The blacksmith shop is l60X50 feet:
the building for engine room and fitting
shops, 1OOx4O feet; the wood and joint
shops. 160X55 feet; and the warehouse
building ll0X60 feet. The total cost is
$4,000. The walls are already up, and
ready for the roofs. The works will
employ from 175 to 200 men.
Substantial store buildings and resi-
dences are sprnging up on almost every
street. The master mechanic of the
Duluth road already occupies fine res
idence Oh Brainerd street, and a dozen
other cottages, the homes of well-tO-dO
mechanics and tradeSmen, are in course
of erection. Two saloons, two grocery
stores and one general store are doing
tiOurishing business, and a force of
wOrkmen is pushing the erection of a
fOur-stOry hotel of 100 rooms, to cost not
less than 50, 900. Plans have been ac-
cepted and the material is on the
ground for handsome union depot of
brick and terra Gotta to cost $1,000.
which will occupy the triangular plat
between the functions of the three
roads, accommodating the Wisconsin
Central on the east side, the St. Paul IL
Duluth on the west and the 800 road
Oh the north.